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Update To: dalnet-services@DAL.NET As many of you are aware, the number of stolen nick and channel cases has been growing recently. While the final responsibility still lies with the user, we are working to limit the number of ways that users can be taken advantage of. DALnet recently made significant changes to the way services handles certain settings. These changes have been applied to nicknames only. We will be evaluating whether or not to enable the same systems for channels as well. SET PASSWD - Upon a successful password change, users will be sent a confirmation email to the address on file notifying them of a password change. No passwords will be included in the email. It is simply a way to know that a password has been changed. If you did not issue the change, you will be aware of it and may have time to take action to prevent further damage. SET MAILBLOCK ON - Use of this command now requires email authorization, similar to the registration authorization system. An authorization code will be sent to the address on file. The user must enter the authorization code online or use the web system in order to confirm the MAILBLOCK request. DROP - The drop authorization code that was previously supplied online is now sent to the email address on file. The user must enter the authorization code online or use the web system in order to confirm the DROP request. Additionally, there are further changes scheduled for Phase II of this project. They include a mandatory delay between SET PASSWD/SET EMAIL requests. Also, the SET EMAIL system will have a way for the user to cancel the request if they did not issue it. More information on Phase II of the project will be issued when it is completed. --- |
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Update Recently many people have noticed it has been increasingly difficult to connect to the DALnet chat network. In an attempt to keep communications open with our users, we offer this explanation. IRC networks like DALnet have a history of being the unwilling participants for tests of new denial of service attack tools. This past week has been no exception. During the attacks users will find that the network will not be as responsive as it normally is.. this will effect the connections to the network as well as people who are already connected. As DALnet works through this round of attacks we appreciate your
patience and patronage. Please refrain from speculation about the
attacks or trying to confront people who you believe are behind
it. If you have information to offer, please use this web form to
submit it to us: -- |
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Web Page Updated! Today, October 8, 2001, I moved the web page to bannerless hosting on www.directnic.com. This is a result of the continued problems we've had with the yahoo/geocities handling of frames. If you do go to the old web page address on Yahoo/Geocities you will still end up here. The Gathering pictures which were lost for a period of time when our old web host, rfox.com went away are now restored. sparkey Updated October 8, 2001 |
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USA
ATTACKS The United States has launched attacks on terrorists in Afghanistan.
Click here
to read or hear The Americans: An editorial by Gordon Sinclair Sr |
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TERRORISTS
ATTACK Terrorists hijacked two American Airlines flights and two United Airlines flights. They proceeded to crash one of each into the New York City World Trade Center Towers causing the towers to burn and collapse killing THOUSANDS of innocent civilian. The terrorists also crashed one of the American Airlines flights into the Pentagon killing many of the workers there. The second United Airlines flight was en route to Washington, DC when apparently civilian passenger heroes attempted to take the jet back from the hijackers and the jet crashed in a sparsely populated area of Pennsylvania; probably saving thousands of other lives or perhaps saving the White House or the United States Capitol. Our
hearts pour out to the families and friends of the victims of the
terrorist attacks on the New York City World Trade Center, the Pentagon,
American Airlines and United Airlines flights, and the workers that
have died in the rescue attempts. We condemn the terrorists, their
activities and all countries that condone and protect them. We will
not rest until they have been brought to justice. Click here
to read or hear The Americans: An editorial by Gordon Sinclair Sr |
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DALnet Services Update July 12, 2001 Hi Everyone, I wanted to share with you the updates posted recently to the DALnet services mail list. I hope that you find them useful. sparkey ***********************
To: "DAL Net" [dalnet@DAL.NET]
Cc: [dalnet-services@DAL.NET]
Subject: DALnet-Services: two new services features
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:47:39 -0700
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Hey all,
Two new services features released this evening:
First, you can set a separate password for your channels'
channels.dal.net web site. This way a founder can delegate web access to a
friend without giving out the channel's founder password. For more info,
use:
/ChanServ HELP SET WEBPASSWD
Next, you can set a successor to your channel. If you disappear for a
while and your nick expires, instead of the channel dropping, ownership will
simply pass on to the successor. All access lists, bans and channel settings
will be transferred seamlessly. For more info on this one, use:
/ChanServ HELP SET SUCCESSOR
enjoy!
-dalnet services team
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Here is a list of changes we've made to services ...
- NickServ ACCESS lists now match() the IP address you are logged on with as
well. If you logon as nick!user@somehost.isp.com (IP: 10.20.20.1) and have
*@10.20.20.* in your access list, you will be set ACC 2.
- ChanServ AOP/SOP/AKICK lists now match() IP addresses too. The same as
above, you can now aop/sop/akick IPs and users with a resolved hostname will
be given that access.
- Due to previous limitations, when a ChanServ UNBAN was issued, sometimes
we needed the server to set -b and remove the ban(s). This was confusing to
some people, thinking it was desynch or an SAMODE. I've moved back to the
system where ChanServ always sets MODE -b when using the UNBAN command
instead of the server issuing the MODE -b.
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Ryan Smith [xpsycho@DAL.net]
Lead Services Coder
The DALnet IRC Network
PGP Fingerprint: 8A27 3349 2B43 D378 6349 8674 F13A D7BA C90E D44E
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Here is a list of topics that do *not* need discussion:
* User SENDPASS ability [this is on the immediate to-do list and should be
released soon]
* Additional access levels, ie: cofounders, autovoice, etc. [we don't plan
on doing anything like this]
* Extended AOp/SOp/AKICK information, ie: date/time placed, reason,
date/time used, added by, etc. [this is on our to-do list also]
* Releasing of services code/binaries [I think we've pretty much just
covered this one in its entirety last week]
Again, in this initial stage of gathering ideas, let's try to keep things
organized and replies to a minimum. There will plenty of time for
discussion if a suggestion seems possible to add.
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Ryan Smith [xpsycho@DAL.net]
Lead Services Coder
The DALnet IRC Network
PGP Fingerprint: 8A27 3349 2B43 D378 6349 8674 F13A D7BA C90E D44E
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As was announced a few weeks ago, we've been working on giving users the
ability to request their own passwords with the SENDPASS command. This
command has been finished is is available for your use.
The command is issued as follows: /msg NickServ@services.dal.net SENDPASS
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Valentine's Day, February 14, 2001
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DALnet Services Update January 20, 2001 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:48:33 -0800 (PST) From: Jason [talonv@excite.com] To: dalnet-services@DAL.NET Subject: DALnet-Services: The DALnet "Situation" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Excite Inbox X-Sender-Ip: 203.46.145.189 Sender: owner-dalnet-services@DAL.NET X-DALnet-List: dalnet-services Greetings All, Ive been watching the list as always and noticed people asking: Why cant I get on DALnet?, Why are some servers so slooow?, Am I in the servers ignore list or something?, Whats going on?, WHATS HAPPENING !!?, Who ate the LAST block of CHOCOLATE !?!!? (oh..thats just me nm ;-) First a few warning and notes. Warning: This is a LONG post and I do apologise but youve all been asking and Im doing my best to answer alot of questions in one post and also Explain whats going on to the best of *my* knowledge and to add my own options into the mixing bot. Note: Im not part of DALnet Administration, I am a very avid User of DALnet Ive been online since early 2000 and as Im somewhat addicted Im online for 12 hours a day minium heh we wont go into my records for online time here LMFAO *grin* lets just stick with Avid user. heh heh. To anyone that does read to the End - THANK YOU !! If Ive made an Errors please DO correct me :-) So heres the answer to all of those questions asked above (bar the last *grin*) DALnet's Server are under attack from "hackers" who are packeting the Servers. The Attacks come in the form of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) What does that mean? Well, basically alot of garbage is being thrown at the Servers and the ISPs that host them this "garbage" or data is more then the Servers can handle and either Lags the absolute HELL out of them making them slow to use OR makes them split from the other Servers on DALnet. You can read a what I found to be a *very* informative document written by the Admin of lineone.* here: http://x71.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=709005734&CONTEXT=97794021 |
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Changes to Services @DALnet
Updated: November 5, 2000 After the long outage of services yesterday, DALnet
announced changes that impact the way you communicate with SERVICES.
ChanServ, MemoServ, and NickServ are now handled differently than
the common practice to this point. I have posted two emails from
DALnet to give you the updated information. Here is a simple but
effective alias that works if you want to shorten your entry:
From: "Ryan Smith" <xpsycho@DAL.NET> To: <dalnet-services@dal.net> Cc: <ops@dal.net>, <helpers@dal.net>, <dnh@dal.net> Subject: DALnet-Services: Important Services Changes Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 21:59:52 -0500 Message-ID: <NEBBKIMHIGCFKMPKPCFNCEPNEHAA.xpsycho@DAL.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-dalnet-services@DAL.NET X-DALnet-List: dalnet-services Effective immediately, all users are required to use one of the 'secure' methods of /msg'ing services. Users will no longer be able to simply /msg NickServ, /msg ChanServ, or /msg MemoServ. A warning message telling them they need to use /msgAnd then this one: X-Envelope-To: <dalnet-services@DAL.net> Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp07.phx.gblx.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA526906 for <dalnet-services@DAL.net>; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 03:13:04 -0700 Received: from 208-48-239-157.dsl1.MON.gblx.net(208.48.239.157), claimingLook for any new updates here. sparkey |
^wiggle^ and bud4 Engaged to be MARRIED!
Bud proposed to wiggle on Diamondhead in Hawaii
and she said...
October 31, 2000 |
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DALnet Services Update October 2, 2000 The following information is being posted here to help you understand what has been going on with DALnet and to help you feel more comfortable with the email requirement now being required for registered nicks. sparkey
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 15:44:10 -0700 To: dalnet-services@dal.net From: Spike [spike@dal.net] Subject: DALnet-Services: Services Info/Policy Update (README) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-dalnet-services@dal.net X-DALnet-List: dalnet-services X-UIDL: 63a7281d7f94b543ee61c1f9cd47847b [The missing e-mail.. sorry for those who have seen a bunch of copies |
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We
are saddened
Information verified by his family and obituary in the Greenville, NC newspaper. chit!
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Angel43
and Sparkey are MARRIED!
Angel43
and Sparkey were married in
Burlington, Connecticut |
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http://www.40single.com
That says it all... As of Saturday evening, April 29, 2000 we have our own domain name! Update your links! |
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Atlanta Gathering
August
11,12, 13, 2000
Plan to meet all your friends
at the See the Future Gatherings for details. March 28, 2000 |
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VIRUS ALERT Do not accept or execute the file MeltingScreen.exe It spreads via email and also destroys the operating system. See the story below: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/17/melting.worm.idg/index.html March 18, 2000 |
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Valentine's
Day
February 14, 2000 angel43 and sparkey Engaged! To be married June 17, 2000 in CT Plan on a gathering
in Atlanta in August 11, 12, 13, 2000 to celebrate with them... |
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MuuMuu and msJulia! Married, October 9, 1999
They share their joy with us and we wish them all the very BEST! |
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Nuggett and Mulehead! Married, September 17, 1999
BEST! |
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Tana (TLaura/TL) and Ctom Married July, 1999 Tana and Tom have become the happy couple of Durango!
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JBFAN and Gerri are engaged to be MARRIED! December 24, 1998 JBFAN proposed to his girlfriend Gerri, that many of us met
at the Atlanta gathering this year, and she said
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12/08/98 The 'What's Related' function in version 4.06 of Netscape and newer
appears to open a direct connection to www-rl.netscape.com, and
informs that server of your current URL, so that it can provide
you with other 'related' URLs in the menu. You should disable this
feature in Netscape Preferences if you do not want Netscape Inc.
to be able to monitor and catalog the sites you read. This is not
to suggest that this is their standard practice... only that they
have the ability to do so if you use this feature. Anonymizer Surfing
currently cannot protect you from this potential security risk.
Click HERE
for more information on this threat." |
| Veteran's Day, November 11, marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice in the forest of Campiègne by the Allies and the German forces in 1918. Be sure to honor our veterans Wednesday. |
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A guestbook has been added to the web page so that messages or comments from our visitors may be posted. |
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Cinderalla and Jimmy_Mak are MARRIED! October, 1998
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This web page is ONE year old today!
One year ago today this web site was rebuilt and presented to the memebers of DALnet's #40single. Since then, it's undergone many changes and updates but has constantly grown. We hope you enjoy visiting with us here on the web site as well as on IRC.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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Thankyou Note from Ladyk^
August 11, 1998 TO: ALL my friends and companions from 40single Thank you all for the wonderful cards, letters, messages, email, thoughts and prayers!! I have been touched, and even overwhelmed, by all the warmth, kind wishes, and love that i've received in the past month and a half. I'm very grateful to you all, as well as my doctors, nurses and therapists - without the help you've given me i honestly don't think i would have made it!! (I've recently learned of all the folks in the U.S. who have had the same problems; i am one of two to have survived. Thank you and thank God!!) I know i haven't spent as much time online since i've been home as i used to - between keeping Mom&Dad busy, doing my physical therapy, and just plain playing catch-up (bills, letters, etc, etc, etc) i haven't had much "free" time to do the things i enjoy - like chatting with y'all. Hopefully once i'm up to speed again i will be back to my old online-all-the-time self! Thanks again - i've missed you!! ladyk^ |
